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Ludum Dare #50jam

Prison Arena

by taran95
Overall★★★★★★★★★★2.91
Fun★★★★★★★★★★2.81
Innovation★★★★★★★★★★2.82
Theme★★★★★★★★★★3.28
Audio★★★★★★★★★★2.82
Humor★★★★★★★★★★3.11
Mood★★★★★★★★★★2.85
​You are a prisoner in some medieval European empire. You have been sentenced to death. So you are​ sent to an arena to fight. In each round, you will have to fight against some other prisoner. If you kill the opponent, you will have to fight another prisoner(your health won't regenerate). If you die, it's over. Your death is inevitable. Can you delay the inevitable?

Use A to move left and D to move Right
Use Escape to pause
Use Space to attack
Use M to use shield
Use Control or shift to switch weapons

(tested in jdk 17.0.1)

​
Tags: #2d, #medieval, #pixel art, #singleplayer, #strat
Genres: fighting, survival

Comments41

ekeller217
ekeller2174 Apr 2022, 18:37
I like the part where I'm in an arena
Adrien Tremblay5 Apr 2022, 06:19
Didn't work for me :/ It's just a white screen
taran95author5 Apr 2022, 06:36
@adrien-tremblay I have tested the game in jdk 17.0.1 . Do you have a jre installed in your machine?
Adrien Tremblay5 Apr 2022, 06:46
@taran95 Oh wow I didn't. After I installed that it worked. The game was interesting I see what you were going for (swords and sandals). I found the game kinda hard though. The opponents have a ton of health.
taran95author5 Apr 2022, 06:56
@adrien-tremblay yeah it is hard. My high score is just 4. It's my first game jam. Thanks for your opinion.
Sodoj5 Apr 2022, 08:30
A pretty simple game. The concept reminded me of Swords and Sandals, which I am a really big fan of. The artstyle is crude, but very charming! Not a bad time, good job!
Fluortungue5 Apr 2022, 09:10
This is art! Props for using graphics library too. Noticed you were streaming your assets straight out the texture file, so I had a bit of fun changing the assets up.
PhoenixofForce
PhoenixofForce5 Apr 2022, 10:30
The sounds were great :) The attack and shield buttons were a bit too far from another (for me).
taran95author5 Apr 2022, 16:28
@greenpig download the game from the above link and then extract it. Open the extracted folder and go to 'res/textures/'. Here, you'll find all the textures used in the game(and also some unused textures). You can edit them using any image editor. But don't change the edited image's name or else the application will crash.
GreenPig5 Apr 2022, 16:29
Really fun game and cool concept. I liked the sounds as well, i dont if there is but i didn't have any music and would've really liked to have some sweet sweet medival music in the background, but maybe its just a bug for me. Cool mechanics, fun game.
taran95author5 Apr 2022, 16:35
@greenpig you can download music from freesound.org Rename the downloaded sound file to music.wav then replace the music.wav file located in res/sounds with the downloaded sound file. btw thank you for rating and leaving feedback.
GreenPig5 Apr 2022, 16:46
@taran95 thank youuu:)), I've tried it and the character looked really funny with thanos's face
ZachsButt
ZachsButt5 Apr 2022, 18:16
the second i hit the play button the enemy moved across the screen at like a million miles and hour and punched the crap out of me. it scared me, but in like a funny way lol.
Kaljal5 Apr 2022, 18:56
I couldn't open the game even though I installed java but good job for the effort :)
meg4cyberc4t
meg4cyberc4t5 Apr 2022, 20:15
I like your creativity. Externally, it can be modified, but the idea is great!
clemonades
clemonades5 Apr 2022, 20:44
Your first game jam? Congrats! You finished (most don't) and you made a fun little game, be proud my friend! Obviously a little hard (but what game jam game isn't). I like it!
RemiCraft5 Apr 2022, 21:22
Reminds me of flash games I used to play. Well done on your first game jam!
Cover Club Media
Cover Club Media6 Apr 2022, 03:37
Agree this is seriously oozing with nostalgic flash game look. I love it!
SAGIII
SAGIII6 Apr 2022, 11:14
Hello! You should upload a better executable file because we need to do more than usual. You will lose a lot of players because of that.
Human Writes Code
Human Writes Code6 Apr 2022, 11:23
Well. You did it. You made me install Java again. I swore I'd never go back but... here I am.

Anyway, this is a great concept (although it's bleak as hell when you think about it). I had fun playing it. The sounds were cool and the art style, although basic, has its charms.

Good job and congrats on your first LD jam!
bodCodes
bodCodes6 Apr 2022, 14:37
Enjoyed your creativity here and the detailed HUD. Pretty challenging gameplay :sweat_smile: Nice job completing your first jam entry.
Kaljal6 Apr 2022, 16:08
@taran95 yeah something about java but I couldn't get through it, but I get the idea and I'm seeing the effort you put it in so no worries good job and nice effort all the way :)
LDJam user 242787
LDJam user 2427877 Apr 2022, 00:48
The sound design and flash game feel of this game are great. The art puts this game among the top graphical masterpieces in modern graphics history. Truly amazing.
yusovv
yusovv7 Apr 2022, 21:17
Very good game, you should work on the graphics to make it even better! good luck with the project
gamescodedogs
gamescodedogs7 Apr 2022, 23:28
I was thinking of so many ways how to interpret the theme but never thought in this way! Really really nice :) As for graphics - in my opinion, there is something cool to work with this visual style in Ludum Dare, it's always really cozy to see these "Paint.exe" styled games :) Best of luck!
LDJam user 1202138 Apr 2022, 02:31
Crashed on launch, doesn't like my java version i guess :/
MrPouletBZH
MrPouletBZH8 Apr 2022, 08:26
Nice little game, clever approach of the theme. I felt like I could just spam space to win a fight, but not sure how efficient it was x) Good job overall :)
sillyman987
sillyman9878 Apr 2022, 12:57
Not quite sure how to open it.
LDJam user 08 Apr 2022, 16:45
The graphics are so bad they become great, same goes for the musics. The battle is a bit messy but I had a lot of fun and I thank you for that. And GG to you for building a game from scratch with no game engine.
wEEWSA
wEEWSA8 Apr 2022, 17:13
I can't open the file. What am I doing wrong:grey_question:
Noiyy
Noiyy10 Apr 2022, 11:26
Seemed to me like other weapons than dagger weren't very useful, as the AI for enemy was kinda weird, following me all the time and only putting down the shield when I attack, didn't do much damage but I got hurt quite a bit. I wasn't exactly sure what was happening, when the enemy was literally almost on me. So, the enemy AI improvement, giving more patterns etc. could also really improve this game.
AlbionBrown
AlbionBrown10 Apr 2022, 16:48
Like @sodoj it reminded me of swords and sandals! Fun game, like the audio and cartoony homemade graphics. I found that I would stand with them and fight in a phone box and be winning, taking their health down without taking nay damage, then suddenly all my health would just disappear! But fun game, thanks!
Quinn_Patrick12 Apr 2022, 20:36
Nice job making a game with no engine, cool stuff. A game like this really requires some sort of feedback when you connect with an attack. A punchy sound effect and an animation or particle effect to accompany a successful hit would elevate this game more than you probably think. Also it would be nice if the enemies would do something more like bobbing in and out rather than just running at me and hugging my body, but any kind of enemy AI in a jam game is pretty impressive.
Necdilzor14 Apr 2022, 18:27
*Teleports behind you* Nothing personal, kid

Haha, that resumes my experience :)

On a more serious note, a gladiator can only delay their death with every win. Interesting take on the theme! I feel like this game has potential if you polish it and invest more in it. Cheers!
LDJam user 263763
LDJam user 26376320 Apr 2022, 11:48
Lol! The doctor character is funny, nice art, original concept, the minigame of the window (nice one), i enjoy it, cool entry!

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